Documentation
The following documents are included with the program and may be
accessed from the program's Help menu or downloaded separately from the
Downloads
page as a means of performing a preliminary evaluation of the program
and for obtaining far more details than can be presented on this
website. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which you
will need in order to view these files, you can down load it from here
What You Need - a document
describing the
hardware and software required to
use the program under various scenarios: mobile, fixed, phone only,
mixed mode, with and without a GPS, etc.
This document should be reviewed prior to downloading the software
since it
will provide a good indication of preliminary work that might be
required in order to use the software to its fullest capability for the
planned scenario.
Exploring CQ/X- a document
providing a set of about a dozen activities for
experimenting with the program as a means of learning its capabilities.
Activities include the following:
- Exploring the Help Menu
- Reviewing the User Interface
- Defining a Set of Messages
- Assigning Function Keys
- Connecting and Using a Keyer
- Making a QSO
- Planning a Route for Non-GPS Operations
- Building a Route for use with a GPS
- Connecting and Using a GPS
- Connecting and Using a Radio
- Setting Up User-Supplied Help
- Simulating a trip using GPS Playback
- Using the Startup Wizard
QuickRefWithGPS - a
brief "quick-start" document providing an annotated listing of the
steps to perform before, during, and after the contest assuming that a
GPS will be used.
QuickRefWithoutGPS -
a brief "quick-start" document providing an annotated listing of the
steps to perform before, during, and after the contest assuming that a
GPS will
not be used.
TroubleNotes - a short
list of trouble-shooting notes for those times when the program
appears to be operating incorrectly or refuses to perform some function
in the anticipated manner.
CQXClient - a
compilation of the program's Help file into a user manual format.
Posting a Route on Google Maps - a description of the steps required to develop and post a route using the Google Maps engine.
Copyright: C.W. Sanders, NO5W
Last Updated: 11-September-2007